


In 2006, Hatch was sentenced to 51 months in prison after failing to declare his $1,000,000 winnings. Nielsen reported that 125 million people watched at least some part of the finale. The finale of the season had an average of 51.7 million viewers, the highest of the franchise. The series was won by Richard Hatch defeating Kelly Wiglesworth in a 4–3 jury vote. While Tagi and Pagong's names and makeups were picked by the producers, Rattana was named by contestants Sean Kenniff and Jenna Lewis, because of the rattan wood that was at their camp. When 10 players remained, the contestants merged into one tribe, Rattana. The contestants were initially separated into two tribes, Tagi and Pagong, which represented the names of the beaches they were on. The series was set in the South China Sea on the remote Malaysian island of Pulau Tiga in the state of Sabah, about six miles (10 km) off the north coast of Borneo. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of 39 days with consecutive participants being removed by a majority vote. The season started with 16 participants tasked with being left to survive in a remote area in Borneo, Malaysia, with minimal tools and supplies. The show was filmed from March 13 through April 20, 2000, and premiered on May 31, 2000. Survivor: Borneo, originally known simply as Survivor or Survivor: Pulau Tiga, is the first season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor.
